With 50 days to go, Argentina's dark horse eyes Scaloni's squad | OneFootball

There are 50 days left until the start of the World Cup in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and little by little Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni is beginning to define the list of 26 called-up players, who will come from a preliminary list of 55 names to be announced by the Pujato native.

Although the final list must be announced at the end of May, the Albiceleste coach already has a large percentage of the players who will be called up in mind. In this regard, it was reported in recent hours that there is a dark horse with a strong chance of getting the call.

According to journalist Narella Senra, Máximo Perrone, the defensive midfielder for Como 1907 in Italy’s Serie A, currently has the edge in the battle to make the final squad and compete for a starting spot with both Enzo Fernández and Leandro Paredes.

Throughout this season, the 23-year-old midfielder has become a key piece for the team managed by Cesc Fàbregas, which sits in fifth place in the domestic league and reached the Coppa Italia semifinal, where it was eliminated by Inter Milan.

Because of this strong performance, both in the FIFA international window call-up in November of last year and in the most recent one in March, the former Vélez youth product was called up by Lionel Scaloni to be closely evaluated and picked up his first minutes with the senior national team.

His debut with the Albiceleste came on November 14, when he played 5 minutes in a 2-0 win over Angola in a friendly. On that occasion, he came on in place of Alexis Mac Allister. He also saw action against Zambia, when he replaced Enzo Fernández.

Máximo Perrone’s numbers this season

So far this season, the 23-year-old Argentine midfielder has played a total of 36 matches, scoring 3 goals and providing 4 assists. He has also received 9 yellow cards and was not sent off, across 2,668 minutes on the pitch.

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